On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 14:24 -0700, Matt Carlson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 05:19:39AM -0700, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-10-21 at 11:08 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 11:00:46AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 05:28:34AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > > I don't see any changes that would obviously change the way this device > > > > > is reconfigured during a down/up cycle. There were some changes to > > > > > power management that should just let the PCI core do some work that the > > > > > driver used to, but it's possible that the result isn't quite the same. > > > > > I built a module with those reverted; source and binary attached. Could > > > > > you test that? I checked that d-i does include an insmod command. > > > > > > > > The squeeze 6.0.3 installer with the shipped tg3.ko replaced with > > > > yours boots and networks just fine without any workaround and without > > > > manual interaction. > > > > > > I was a bit fast on that. The interface now fails right in the middle > > > of installation and needs the modprobe -r, modprobe stunt to network > > > again. > > > > Matt, Michael, > > > > The tg3 driver has regressed for the 5714S since Linux 2.6.32. Marc > > Haber found this in the backported version included in our stable > > update, but also confirmed it in Linux 3.0. > > > > Bringing the interface down and then up again (which the installer does > > for some reason) can leave it unable to pass traffic (possibly after > > working for a few packets) until the module is reloaded. > > > > I asked Marc to check whether reverting the power management changes > > (071697e2bcd8dff2af4d6fdd6525c2324f89553b, > > d237d9ecf06a00f0ebca657958cf2a1e92940796) made a difference, but it > > doesn't seem to. > > > > There is more information in the bug log at > > <http://bugs.debian.org/645308>. > > Where can I get the sources for this driver? Commit > 9e975cc291d80d5e4562d6bed15ec171e896d69b, entitled > "tg3: Fix io failures after chip reset" has been a common source of > problems. Our current package has Linux 3.0.6 which includes the backport of that change. However, it is *not* included in my backport to 2.6.32 so it doesn't explain the original report. The backported version can be found in: git://anonscm.debian.org/kernel/linux-2.6.git squeeze Ben. -- Ben Hutchings DNRC Motto: I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either.
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